Storage Functions of secondary storage Secondary storage also called auxiliary storage or backing storage is used to store data and instructions when they are not being processed. Secondary storage is much cheaper than primary storage and is also used to back up for later use. Storage media Storage media are the physical hardware on which a computer keeps data‚ instructions and information. E.g. a CD‚ a DVD‚ a floppy disk‚ hard disk. Storage device Storage devices record and retrieve
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Genetically modified corn‚ Gasoline and High fructose corn syrup Did you know that about 85% of our corn is genetically modified (True Food Network)? It’s really surprising how genetically modified food has been incorporated into our society. We eat genetically modified food every single day whether it would be yogurt‚ fruits‚ milk‚ peanut butter‚ etc. So what is genetically modified food‚ according to “Non-GMO shopping guide”‚ genetically modified food (also known as GMO) is define as “the result
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Doris. (2011). Animal Rights Myths and Facts. Retrieved from http://animalrights.about.com/od/animalrights101/tp/AnimalRightsFactsMyths.htm Pet Abuse. (2001). Cruelty Connections. Retrieved from http://www.pet-abuse.com/pages/abuse_connection.php Pollan‚ Michael (2006). The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York‚ NY: Penguin Group.
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LCD based voting machine using 8051 microcontroller (AT89C51) Introduction: Electronic voting machine has now replaced the traditional mechanism of voting due to several advantages like security‚ automatic counting etc. This project presents a way to develop an electronic voting machine which displays the count of votes on a 16x2 LCD interface. A user can get his/her vote register through a set of switches (one for each candidate). After every cast of vote‚ the subsequent count can be seen on LCD
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CS765 - Aspects of System Administration Slide 1 CS765 - Aspects of System Administration Filesystems and Disks Department of Computer Science Stevens Institute of Technology Jan Schaumann jschauma@cs.stevens.edu http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~jschauma/765-ASA/ Lecture 02: Filesystems and Disks January 30‚ 2006 CS765 - Aspects of System Administration Slide 2 Topics covered Adding‚ (re-)partitioning‚ mounting disks requires understanding of: basic disk concepts basic filesystem
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Informative Speech Bibliography Bacon‚ Bruce MD. "What are the Myths vs. Facts About Alcohol & the Liver?" New York: American Liver Foundation. 2003 Hingson RW‚ Howland J. Comprehensive community interventions to promote health: Implications for college-age drinking problems. Journal of Studies on Alcohol Supplement 14:226-240‚ 2002. Hingson RW‚ Heeren T‚ Zakocs RC‚ Kopstein A‚ Wechsler H. Magnitude of alcohol-related mortality and morbidity among U.S. college students ages 18-24. Journal of Studies
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Case Study of Organizational Decline - RW Introduction This report is based on a case study of a large company with poor financial performance during the last few years and facing the falling of sales and profits and rising of employee turnover at the moment. The continuously worsening situation of sales and profits and employee turnover evidence the company is undergoing the organizational decline stage within the organizational life cycle. The layoff and hiring replacement of a top level
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How to interface GPS with 8051 Microcontroller (AT89C51) Project Code: MC082 * Summary * Description * Circuit Diagram * Video * Code * Components Summary GPS has become an efficient tool in the field of scientific use‚ commerce‚ surveillance and tracking. This project presents a small application based on Global Positioning System. It depicts the use of GPS module/receiver to find latitude and longitude of its location. The data obtained from GPS receiver (GPGGA sentence)
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memory and CPU run. Case The case holds‚ cools‚ and protects the computer; the bigger the better. CD-ROM and CD-ROM Burner (CD-R/CD-RW) □ This device reads data‚ audio‚ and video files from a CD-ROM disc. □ A burner can also save and even re-save data to a CD-ROM. CPU The Central Processing Unit is the computer’s control center: the “brain”. DVD-ROM (DVD and DVD+/-R/DVD+/-RW) It reads the same as a CD-ROM but is a super compressed format (MPEG) that can store full-length movies. Floppy Drive □ Magnetic
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Unit 2 lab 1: common linux commands 1. try giving the following commands and observe the behavior with each combination of options and arguments. A. list the names of the files in the working directory Is. Desktop Documents Downloads Music Pictures Public Templates Videos B. by default‚ Is does not list files that have hidden filenames 9filenames that begin with a period; Sobell‚ page 190). List the names of all files in the working directory‚ including those with hidden file names. Is
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